Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection

2.7.3 – 16/03/2026

• Improvement – Improved Gravity Forms integration.
• Improvement – Improved WordPress comments integration.
• Improvement – Improved BuddyPress integration.
• Improvement – Maspik Matrix now have 3 modes: IP only, IP + banned words, Full Matrix analysis, you can choose the mode from the Maspik settings page.

2.7.2 – 11/03/2026

• Improvement – Improved country detection when using Cloudflare proxy IPs.
• Improvement – Improved Maspik Matrix performance and accuracy.
• Added – Usage statistics for Maspik Matrix.

2.7.1 – 01/03/2026

• Improvement – Maspik Matrix (AI + Advanced pattern checks) now receives only visible content fields (text, name, email, phone, textarea) from each form; hidden fields, checkboxes, selects and other non-textual fields are excluded from the AI check.
• Improvement – Maspik Matrix not active by default for better privacy.
• Improvement – Accessibility: aria-label and placeholder added for honeypot fields.
• Fixed – Admin footer not displaying correctly in some cases.

2.7.0 – 18/02/2026

• Added: WooCommerce orders spam check support (Pro feature) – validate checkout submissions before order processing
• Added: Maspik Matrix enabled by default for all users – can be disabled from settings page
• Enhanced: Improved client IP detection security – only trusts forwarded headers from known proxy services (Cloudflare, Sucuri)
• Enhanced: Code performance optimizations and improvements

2.6.2 – 11/02/2026

• Improvement – Maspik Matrix is now enabled by default for new installations. Existing sites will see an opt-in notice encouraging them to enable it for stronger spam protection. Users can enable or disable it from the Maspik settings page at any time.

2.6.1 – 04/02/2026

• Change – Unified text and textarea blacklist into a single “Forbidden keywords” field that applies to both short text and textarea fields, including seamless migration of existing settings.
• Improvement – Refined dashboard integration UI: compact “Dashboard value” and “Dashboard rules” chips, improved status indicator, and masked display of sensitive API keys fetched from the Maspik Dashboard.
• Improvement – Improved performance of Maspik Matrix, working better and more accurate – Active it from the Maspik settings page.

2.6.0 – 17/12/2025

• New feature – Maspik Matrix(Improved version of AI spam check): an advanced multi-layer spam protection engine that combines IP reputation, pattern analysis, heuristics, and intelligent scoring into one powerful detection system.
• Add support for URL field from Maspik dashboard settings page.

2.5.10 – 02/12/2025

• Improvement – Compatibility with WordPress 6.9
• Improvement – Better AI spam check performance
• Improvement – Improved text blacklist handling for non-ASCII characters

2.5.9 – 28/10/2025

• New feature – AI spam check (Beta) – enable it from the Maspik settings page
• Fixed – Resolved issue where the spam statistics dashboard caused a PHP error when no spam was blocked in some cases

2.5.8 – 10/09/2025

• Fixed – Resolved issue with country detection API failing to properly identify visitor locations

2.5.7 – 08/09/2025

• Fixed – Security issue where spam log entries could be deleted by non-admin users (Thanks to @Dmitrii)
• Fixed – Issue where Metform forms were not checking phone fields correctly

2.5.6 – 26/08/2025

• New feature – Added support for Bitforms
• New feature – Added support for Metform
• Improvement – AI Spam check is more accurate

2.5.5 – 20/08/2025

• New feature (Beta) – AI spam check – Give it a try!
• Developer – Added hooks to disable spam check for specific forms: Developer Hooks
• Fixed – Issue where Breakdance forms did not recognize advanced key checks
• Fixed – Issue where some search forms were not submitting properly

2.5.4 – 09/08/2025

• New feature – Added URL field blocker
• New feature – Added support for Breakdance Builder forms
• Fixed – Spam statistics dashboard PHP error when no spam was blocked in some cases

2.5.3 – 24/05/2025

• Fixed – PHP error where a function was called too early
• Community – We want to grow and improve the experience:
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  • Give us a 5-star review on WordPress.org
  • Spread the word and write a guide/vlog/post about Maspik, and receive a Pro license

2.5.2 – 23/05/2025

• New feature – Added feedback form to the settings page to help improve the plugin
• Fixed – Issue where some hidden fields had duplicate IDs
• Fixed – Database update issue when upgrading from version 1.x to 2.0 or higher
• Improvement – Better handling and performance for processing long textarea content

2.5.1 – 30/04/2025

• Fixed – Issue where search forms were not submitting properly in certain scenarios

2.5.0 – 22/04/2025

• Improvement – Improved UI/UX of the entire plugin
• New feature – Added Spam statistics dashboard page
• New feature – Added spam statistics data to the admin dashboard
• New feature – Added “Reset all settings to default” (Factory reset)
• New feature – Added support for Custom PHP forms using the filter
• Fixed – Form validation issue when forms were placed inside popups and WP Rocket caching was enabled with strict settings
• Fixed – Translation issue with WordPress 6.7 where text was loaded too early
• Fixed – Issue where maximum links limit was not being set through the Dashboard API
• Improvement – Compatibility with WordPress 6.8

2.4.4 – 20/03/2025

• Announcement – Advanced key check is now officially released and not experimental
• Improvement – Enhanced security by hiding passwords in the spam log
• Improvement – Disabled autocomplete in WooCommerce registration forms for better security

2.4.3 – 19/02/2025

• Fixed – Elementor Bot detector option when page source URL is empty
• Fixed – Detection string in textarea fields with regex/wildcard format
• Improvement – Better detection handling in textarea fields (ignoring ,!?. at the end of the string)

2.4.2 – 18/02/2025

• New feature – Option to block submissions with emojis in textarea fields
• New feature – Added support for Hello Plus form builder

2.4.0 – 30/01/2025

• Announcement – Improvements to reduce false positives. Read more in the announcement post
• Improvement – Text and textarea blacklists now match exact words only, preventing false positives from partial matches
• Improvement – Email blacklist check now supports exact match or “contains” logic (for example, “seo” will block “seoexpert@gmail.com”)
• Improvement – Clearer settings page text
• Improvement – Improved link detection in textarea fields
• Improvement – Improved textarea character limit checks
• Fixed – JavaScript error on the settings page
• Fixed – Serbian language detection

2.3.0 – 18/01/2025

• Improvement – Better WordPress registration form support
• Improvement – Improved comments form support
• Improvement – Improved WooCommerce registration form support
• Improvement – Code performance
• Improvement – Improved Elementor form support
• Improvement – Improved default settings auto activation
• Change – Removed update support from Maspik versions smaller than 2.0.0 to improve stability and performance

2.2.14 – 05/01/2025

• New experiment – Enhanced Advanced Key Check system (under ongoing testing)
• Improvement – Better database performance
• Improvement – Optimized code execution

2.2.13 – 19/12/2024

• Fixed – HTML settings save issue
• Improvement – Form field handling

2.2.12 – 16/12/2024

• New feature – Added support for Numverify API for phone validation
• Fixed – Error in Formidable Forms integration
• Fixed – Issue where the Dashboard ID was not displaying correctly
• Fixed – Issue where spam log entry limit was not working in some cases

2.2.11 – 05/12/2024

• Improvement – Settings page text and translations
• Fixed – UI glitch on settings page

2.2.10 – 03/12/2024

• Improvement – Compatibility with WordPress 6.7

2.2.9 – 22/11/2024

• Fixed – Removed autofill attribute from honeypot fields to improve compatibility with AMP pages
• Improvement – Default spam log maximum entries is now 1000 (was 2000)

2.2.8 – 08/11/2024

• New feature – Added support for BuddyPress forms
• Improvement – Improved layout of Playground form
• Improvement – Added page link in spam log
• Improvement – Improved time-based block checks to reduce false positives
• Improvement – Added Spanish translation

2.2.7 – 16/10/2024

• Fixed – Error in Contact Form 7 with checkbox fields in some cases

2.2.6 – 15/10/2024

• Improvement – Updated license manager library
• Fixed – Spam message validation for phone fields

2.2.5 – 06/10/2024

• Improvement – Editors can publish comments without validation checks
• Fixed – Phone number length validation in Elementor forms

2.2.4 – 04/10/2024

• Fixed – Country check error in some cases
• Fixed – AbuseAPI check error in some cases
• Change – Removed shortcode option in textarea fields to avoid confusion

2.2.3 – 01/10/2024

• New feature – IP verification usage activity added to Maspik dashboard
• Improvement – Better performance in Contact Form 7 and Elementor forms (up to 50% faster spam validation)
• Improvement – Improved “Not a Spam” marking in spam log
• Improvement – Improved form data UI in spam log
• Improvement – Date format now respects WordPress settings

2.2.2 – 14/09/2024

• Improvement – Better caching mechanism for IP address verification

2.2.1 – 10/09/2024

• Fixed – Settings not saving correctly in certain server environments
• Improvement – Scheduled deletion of outdated IP check data twice daily

2.2.0 – 08/09/2024

• Improvement – Improved UI/UX
• Improvement – Main block settings are now ON by default (can be disabled in settings)
• Improvement – Forms are now supported by default (support for specific forms can be disabled in settings)